Afterdoingsportsformonths，Tina-优题课

The guide taught us how to make a model　　（机器人）．

Once there was a rich man who had two sons．The elder brother Johnny was greedy（贪婪）and lazy．But his younger brother Rick was hard﹣working and kind﹣hearted．When their father（36）　　，Johnny got their father's house and land，but Rick received（37）　　．

One day when Rick was（38）　　in the fields，he found a bird，but the bird's（39）　　was broken．He took the bird home and（40）　　it carefully．Day after day，the bird became（41）　　．When winter came，it flew away to a（42）　　place．The next spring it flew（43）　　and gave Rick a seed（种子）．Rick planted the seed and it soon grew into a plant and produced many gourds（葫芦）．When Rick（44）　　one of them，he was（45）　　to see that it was full of treasure．The next day，he bought a big（46）　　and lived in it with his family．

When Johnny heard about his brother's good luck，he decided to do the（47）　　thing as his brother．He also found a bird，but he（48）　　its wing and then took care of it（49）　　it became strong．The bird also gave him（50）　　and it soon grew into a plant and produce several gourds．However，when he opened one gourd，goblins（小精灵）came out of it and took everything that he had．

36．A．left	B．died	C．lived	D．returned
37．A．something	B．anything	C．nothing	D．everything
38．A．working	B．playing	C．walking	D．thinking
39．A．leg	B．neck	C．head	D．wing
40．A．looked for	B．looked at	C．looked after	D．looked through
41．A．smart	B．weak	C．stupid	D．strong
42．A．warmer	B．lower	C．colder	D．worse
43．A．up	B．back	C．away	D．down
44．A．used	B．checked	C．closed	D．opened
45．A．sorry	B．surprised	C．sad	D．interested
46．A．land	B．room	C．house	D．factory
47．A．good	B．same	C．had	D．different
48．A．protected	B．bandaged	C．beat	D．broke
49．A．when	B．after	C．until	D．before
50．A．a seed	B．some gourds	C．a plant	D．some treasure．

This story will warm you better than a coffee on a cold winter day．

One day，my friend and I（41）　　a little coffee house and ordered two cups of coffee．（42）　

　we were waiting，two young men came in and began to order，"Five cups of coffee，please．Two of them for us and three suspended（待用）．"They（43）　　for their order，took the two and left．I asked my friend，"What are those'suspended'coffees？"（44）　

　giving me the answer，he told me to wait and see．

Some more people came．Two girls（45）　　one coffee each，paid and went away．Then came three lawyers who paid for seven coffees﹣three for themselves and four suspended．While I still wondered（46）　　the suspended coffees were，I enjoyed the sunny weather and the beautiful view（47）　　the coffee house．Suddenly a poor man like a beggar（乞丐）came into the coffee house．He kindly ordered a suspended coffee and sat there（48）　　it．

At that moment，I knew the meaning of the suspended coffees．It's simple﹣﹣people pay the coffee in advance（预先）for someone who can't（49）　　it．The tradition with the suspended coffees started in Italy，but it has spread all over the world．Meanwhile，I understood suspended coffee is not only a cup of coffee，but also the （50）　　and love to someone in need．

41．A．walked	B．went	C．ran	D．entered
42．A．After	B．Before	C．While	D．As soon as
43．A．asked	B．spent	C．cost	D．paid
44．A．Because of	B．Instead of	C．As for	D．But
45．A．asked for	B．said to	C．thanked for	D．looked up
46．A．when	B．what	C．why	D．where
47．A．in the front of	B．behind	C．in front of	D．at the back of
48．A．to drink	B．to eat	C．drank	D．ate
49．A．sell	B．want	C．buy	D．afford
50．A．hottest	B．warmer	C．warmth	D．hotter．

It's reported that the 2015 Nobel Prizes have been announced on October 5th．Sweden's Nobel Prize committee（委员会）said the Nobel Prize for（1）　　will go to scientists from Ireland，Japan and China．The prize for medicine is going to Chinese researcher Tu Youyou．She（2）　　artemisinin（青蒿素）．Artemisinin is a drug that has greatly lowered the number of people who die from malaria（疟疾）．The committee said her greatest achievement is that the discovery of artemisinin has given the world new ways to fight（3）　　two serious diseases．It is said those diseases influence millions of people every year．Ms．Tu is the chief professor at the China Academy（学院）of Traditonal Medicine．She is also the（4）　　Chinese citizen to be awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine．Mr．Tu went through about 40 failures before she succeeded．But she never（5）　　and always fought on．

1．A．physics	B．math	C．chemistry	D．medicine
2．A．discovered	B．found	C．called	D．invented
3．A．for	B．at	C．against	D．in
4．A．first	B．second	C．third	D．fourth
5．A．ate up	B．gave up	C．took up	D．made up．

around	beauty	color	disappear	down	go
hold	I	keep	luck	paint	work

A boy thought that he was the most unhappy person in the world．In his opinion，he was（96）　

　because almost everything bad always happened to him．So he wanted to find the secret to happiness．He walked a long way and finally came to a（97）　　palace．There，he met the king．

After learning why the boy had come，the king suggested that he should look around the palace and come back in two hours．"At the same time，I want you（98）　　this spoon with milk，"said the king．"As you walk around my palace，carry this spoon without spilling （溢出）the milk．"

The boy（99）　　his eyes fixed on the spoon and began to walk around the golden palace．After two hours，he came back to the king．"Well，"asked the king．"Did you see the wonderful（100）　　in my dining hall？Did you see the（101）　　flowers in the garden？"The boy felt sorry because he saw nothing．He only paid attention to the milk．

"Then go back and see the beauty of（102）　　world"，said the king．This time the boy saw all of the（103）　　of art on the walls．He saw the great gardens and mountains all around．When he came back，he described everything he saw．

"But where is the milk？"asked the king．Looking（104）　　at the spoon he held，the boy saw the milk was（105）　　．"Well，there is only one piece of advice I can give you，"said the king．"The secret to happiness is to see all the beauty of the world and also keep an eye on the milk on the spoon．"